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Wednesday, 10 May 2017

MACC arrest immigration officer with lavish lifestyle, now reviewing all work permits approved by him at expatriate unit while he was at Putrajaya

Lavish lifestyle raises eyebrows

ALOR SETAR: The lavish lifestyle of an Immigration officer raised more than a few eyebrows when the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigators zoomed in on his activities and found suspicions of corrupt practices involving more than RM27.9mil.

The 37-year-old officer, who was transferred to Padang Besar in Perlis from Putrajaya early last year, had in his possession five luxury cars, including a BMW X6, BMW 320i and Toyota Vellfire, a BMW R1200 superbike, 13 luxury wristwatches and 13 branded handbags.

A check also found that he had a fixed deposit account of about RM1mil.

The total amount seized, including his house in Jitra, Kedah, was estimated to be close to RM2.5mil.

Pricey haul: Mohd Fauzi (left), accompanied by his officers, showing one of the five cars seized by the department during a press conference at Kedah MACC headquarters in Alor Setar.

Sources said the officer was in the Grade KP42 salary range – RM1,471 to RM4,540 – for Immigration Department enforcement officials.

Kedah MACC director Datuk Mohd Fauzi Mohamad said the seized items were believed to have been obtained from ill-gotten gains.

“The bribes he obtained were during his time in Putrajaya. He had approved the work permits of 18,626 skilled and professional foreign workers from 339 applications at RM1,500 per worker,” he told a press conference yesterday.

Mohd Fauzi said the officer was arrested here on Monday by an MACC team, adding that they would scrutinise what he had approved during his tenure in Putrajaya and Perlis.